The Kassel Family Project Life 365

Andy and the kids spent part of the day helping their Scout Troop rake leaves at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church. It is just one of the ways that Troop 706 and Troop 523 gives back to their charter organization.

This year’s school pictures have been added to the frames.

I cannot believe Laura only has two open spots. Time really flies.

It was “no picture Thursday” apparently.

I never really noticed until recently how my weekday mornings always go. I am up by 5:30 and in the kitchen. First, I make myself a cup of coffee and then I update the checkbook and pay any bills. After that, I typically check Facebook and local news sites followed by updating my blog.

John gets up about 6:15 and eats breakfast. Then, he gets ready for school and we empty the dishwasher.

Once the dishwasher is empty, I ask John if he has everything he needs for school (I do that probably three times every morning), and then he heads to the bus stop at 6:50.

I prepare my breakfast and lunch, and reload the dishwasher. Then, I drink the last of my coffee while I wait for the bus to pick up John. Laura usually wanders down during this time and I talk to her for a few minutes. Then, it is time for me to shower and head to work. It is the weekday morning routine.

This is another one of my favorites from this past weekend’s picture session with the kids, and this picture is the main on our 2021 Christmas card.

I had some fun trying different edits. I really like it as a black-and-white picture.

I also tried the vignette. I do not like this quite as much, but it does focus the picture on the kids more.

The original is still my favorite of the three.

The Thanksgiving menu plan is officially on the refrigerator. It is just over a week until family arrives!

The teenagers were not particularly happy that I wanted to get some nice pictures of them today. I had a 50% off coupon code plus free shipping for Christmas cards from Shutterfly, so I was not missing the opportunity to use that. We spent about 15 minutes in our backyard with only minimal grumbling, and I am happy with the results.

I could not decide between the previous photo and this one as my favorite of the kids.

This is my favorite of Laura.

This is my favorite of John.

This is the proverbial “goofy” picture.

Our Christmas cards are officially ordered! I can cross another thing off my long holiday list.